fripperies

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Thank you for living with my fripperies, and for never rolling your eyes (well not often) when I come home breathless with joy at finding yet another vintage treasure.

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  1. noun Pretentious, showy finery.
  2. noun Pretentious elegance; ostentation.
  3. noun Something trivial or nonessential.

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  • Such silly fripperies might be well enough for the ton but they are neither here nor there. —  A Lady of Expectations
  • For the rest of the meal they discussed the Abominable Snowman and other sedate fripperies, but as Campion drove back to London a thought slipped quietly into his mind and sat there nagging at him. —  The Fashion in Shrouds - Margery Allingham - Campion 10
  • I had no time now for the fripperies of planting and ornamentation that my mother had encouraged. —  Asimov'sSF,June2008
  • One of my favorite phrases is "gossamer fripperies," found in the story —  Hooting Yard
  • This is partly because I'm easily distracted from real work and therefore easily sucked into such fripperies (c.f. this blog). —  Notes From The Geek Show
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